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Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism

Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism is a research topic within Literature and Literary Theory. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the analysis of autobiographical literature, particularly in the context of Spanish and Latin American authors. It delves into themes of identity, memory, authorship, and social critique, exploring the intersection of personal narratives with broader literary and cultural discourses.

  • Autobiography
  • Literature
  • Identity
  • Narrative
  • Memory
  • Authorship
  • Gender
  • Poetry
  • Spanish Literature
  • Social Critique
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-17%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
38% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism

Which countries lead Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism research?

By volume, Spain and Argentina publish the most (943 and 310 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 943 works
  2. 2 Argentina 310 works
  3. 3 Mexico 289 works
  4. 4 United States 234 works
  5. 5 Chile 173 works
  6. 6 France 169 works
  7. 7 Italy 119 works
  8. 8 Brazil 85 works
  9. 9 Colombia 85 works
  10. 10 Peru 81 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Spain: 37.9%Argentina: 12.4%Mexico: 11.6%United States: 9.4%6 others listed: 28.6%38%largest
Spain943 · 37.9%Argentina310 · 12.4%Mexico289 · 11.6%United States234 · 9.4%6 others listed713 · 28.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism research, followed by Universidad de Buenos Aires and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 100 works
  2. 2 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 67 works
  3. 3 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 62 works
  4. 4 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 52 works
  5. 5 Universidad de GranadaSpain 49 works
  6. 6 Universidad de SalamancaSpain 48 works
  7. 7 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 44 works
  8. 8 Universidad de SevillaSpain 40 works
  9. 9 Universidad de MálagaSpain 36 works
  10. 10 Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 35 works

Who are the leading researchers in Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism include Michel Foucault, Noam Chomsky and Jesús F. San Miguel.

  1. 1 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  2. 2 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
  3. 3 Jesús F. San Miguel Spain 132k citations
  4. 4 Javier Herrero United Kingdom 104k citations
  5. 5 Sigmund Freud Brazil 97k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism?

The most cited paper in Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism is "Autoerotism Re-Examined" (René A. Spitz, 1962), with 195 citations. Next come "El tema de nuestro tiempo" (158) and "Historia de la literatura argentina" (110).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Autoerotism Re-Examined René A. Spitz · The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child 1962 195
2 El tema de nuestro tiempo José Ortéga y Gassét · Americanae (AECID Library) Open access 26 Nov 2014 158
3 Historia de la literatura argentina Edward Glaser · Hispanic American Historical Review Open access Feb 1960 110
4 Cassany, Daniel. Tras las líneas. Sobre la lectura contemporánea. Barcelona: Anagrama, 2006 Victoria Zamudio Jasso · Estudios de Lingüística Aplicada Open access 2006 97
5 Marcos de Guerra. Las vidas lloradas Juan Carlos Peña Axt · Multidisciplinary Journal of Gender Studies Open access 25 Feb 2013 87
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Where is Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism research done?

The largest centres of Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Mexico City (Mexico) and Santiago (Chile). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in La Plata, Salamanca and Almería.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 235 works
  2. 2 Buenos AiresArgentina 135 works
  3. 3 Mexico CityMexico 119 works
  4. 4 SantiagoChile 99 works
  5. 5 BarcelonaSpain 70 works
  6. 6 LimaPeru 67 works
  7. 7 SalamancaSpain 50 works
  8. 8 GranadaSpain 49 works
  9. 9 SevilleSpain 47 works
  10. 10 ParisFrance 42 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. La PlataAR · 35.9 works48×
  2. SalamancaES · 50.0 works46×
  3. AlmeríaES · 20.6 works44×
  4. San JoséCR · 39.8 works36×
  5. MurciaES · 41.8 works34×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Almería, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Universidad de Salamanca score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 16.64%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of AlmeríaUniversity of AlicanteUniversidad de Salam…Universidad Complute…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of AlmeríaSpain 75.834.5%52.9×21 +62.9%
2Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 69.212.2%45.5×100 +19.4%
3Universidad de SalamancaSpain 63.613.8%55.6×48 +29.2%
4University of AlicanteSpain 59.717.8%33.9×25 +14.5%
5Universidad de SevillaSpain 58.211.3%27.9×40 +19.3%
6Universidad de GranadaSpain 58.113.4%34.6×49 +3.0%
7Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 57.714.3%23.1×44 -2.0%
8Universidad de AlcaláSpain 56.825.5%27.3×18 -7.2%
9Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain 55.513.1%59.2×27 +39.2%
10Universidad de MálagaSpain 55.110.5%46.3×36 +63.5%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism, country by country

Is Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2018.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.015% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism0.011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism9.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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